Assorting apparatus



Sept. 30, 1930. J. H. LYNCH ASSORTING APPARATUS Filed June 5. 1928 Wow m3 gwvemtoz gawk ' wr p v of all other customers.

Patentecl s ept. 30, 1930 PA NT OFFICE 5 v JOSEPH LYncH, or ASBULRY BARK, new JERSEY AssoR'rING Application filed June 5,

This invention relates to apparatus for use in asserting articles into classes or groups. A particular use of the apparatus is in connection with laundry checking systems where the laundered articles are provided with identification tags or clips, all the articles for one customer having the same kind of tag which in turn is different from the tags The difference in general consists in different numbers applied to the tags of different groups.

In order to facilitate the assembling of the articles in their proper groups, the tags are shaped with a different characteristic contour for each number or group, and collecting means are provided into which the tags .with their attached articles can be assemcontour and therefore of one number and of i It).

one customer being permitted introductio to the hanger.

This selective permissive means may take the shape of a front opening to the hanger corresponding in contour to the tags it is desired to make it select.

In my prior Patent No. 1,642,968 of September 20, 1927 thereis shown a selective hanger of this description.

The object of the present invention is to extend the usefulness and economy of such apparatus. V

In the hanger described in the said patent each hanger was identified with a given numbered group and it was therefore necessary to have as many hangers as there were groups to be accommodated. Consequently many hangers were idle and wasted valuable space during the timethe articles identified by it were going through the wash.

According to the present invention this and plate on-the line 4.41 of- Figure 2.

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waste of space and apparatus is obviated as follows; 7' y Instead of forming the selective plate at the front of, the hanger integral with the. hanger Imake it removable and interchange- 50 ablewiththe other selective plates so that 1ajny hanger may beiappropriated to any numer. v

Anembodiment of the invention will now be described in connection with the acco1n- 55 panying drawings, in which i i Figureqlshowsa perspective view of the front partofa hanger. Figure 2is a similar view with. aselcctive numbered. plate. applied thereto.

Figure 3 isa front view'of aitag corresponding in contour to the plate shown in Figure 2. v

Figure. 4, is a sectionthrough the'hanger 65 The hanger. may take the form of a.rec-

tangular tube 1 which may be supportedfrom a wall; in any suitable manner.- he'b'ottom of the hanger has shelves or flanges, 2 .witha slot. 3 between them. Into this slot it is designed tohave the tags 4 shown in-Eigure 3 slipped and shoulders 5 on the tags are designed: to overhang and rest. on the flanges 2wl1ilc each article supporting tip 6Iprojecting down, through the slot has a hole 7 into which a safety pin or other article attachment may be. introduced. V

I prefer to make a ridge 8 on thetop of the hanger. which projects below the top and which serves the purpose ofkee'pingthetags from. turning and thereby falling through the slot, all-the tags having aproperlydesigned cutout in the top to straddle the ridge. This .ijsan improvement over the hooks heretofore used for this purpose asshown in my as aforesaid pat ent as the hooks were found to be liable to catch in the cloth of theartides in the. wash. With the construction shown here there isno need to haveany hookh ke parts to the tags: Thefront oflthe hangon er is provided with means to receive and holda selectiveplate'9. The means may take the shape of guides 10 supported on or made p integral with tne hanger, the selective plate being of such a size as to simply slide Within the guides to a position Where theopening 7 12 therein registers with the guiding parts of the hanger namely the flanges 2 and the ridge 8. When the selective plate is thus brought into registering position it must be securely held there, This may be accomplished in various Ways. .As shown, there, is provided on-each side of the plate a hole 13 and in the guides 10 a corresponding boss 14 is formed. When the plate is slid into registering position, these'boss'es Will,',o in. to the spring of the metal, form a lock tending to hold the plate in its proper position." The plate may, however, be easily pushed out and an upper extension 15 on the plate may serve as a handy means of taking'hold; This e tension may also serve to display the identilt cation number of the plate.

The placing of the tags on the hanger is facilitated by having the flanges of the botmay be on the selective plates and fit'slidably over flanges on the end oi 'the hanger.

lVith apparatus as describ'ed,a' maximum number of hangers may be kept in constant use for While the selective plates will have to be as numerous as the'number of groups of tags, the number of hangers Will be considerably less as the. groups thatare in-use will not have tohavea hanger set aside for them until they are ready to be assorted.

I claim 1. In an asserting hanger, the combination comprising a tag supportingmember, the bottom having two tag supportingflaiiges divided by a slot and the top having a rib projecting downwardly, and an article supporting tag having side portions riding on the said bottom flanges of the hanger and atop portion straddling the said rib on'the topoi the hanger to hold the tag from turning into alignment With the slot.

2. A laundry tag holder comprising a body havingan' inlet at one end,'means for limiting the'admissien through said inlet to tags of predetermined contour, said means comprising a plate having a selective contour and receptive means on the holder adapted to removably hold said plate in a transverse position on the'holder. p

3. A laundry tag holder comprising'a body having an inlet at one end, means'forliniiting the admission through said inlet to tags of predetermined contour, said meanscomprising a plate having a selective contour and channels on the holder adapted to removably hold the plate transversely to the holder.

4. A laundry tag holder comprising a body having an inlet at one end, means for limiting the admission through said inlet to tags of I JOSEPH H. LY NCH.

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